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Nina Bernstein<p>Surreal. Terrifying. <a href="https://journa.host/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <br>“The fragility of democratic decision-making has never been more clear. No matter how forcefully Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany pushed back against Vance’s speech — insisting that Germany will support Ukraine until the end — German voters could make a liar out of him in Sunday’s elections, just like American voters made a liar out of former President Joe Biden, who vowed Americans would back Ukraine for “as long as it takes.” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/opinion/trump-munich-security-conference.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yE4.lk6a.qPBl2VBkT8ru&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/19/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-munich-security-conference.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yE4.lk6a.qPBl2VBkT8ru&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Servelan<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a></p><p>Under Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan, Some Migrants Are Being Sent to Panama - The New York Times</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/americas/trump-migrant-deportation-panama.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.CRQk.GSyF-b-n8NHJ&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/trump-migrant-deportation-panama.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.CRQk.GSyF-b-n8NHJ&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Reed Mideke<p>Firing people en masse for "performance" while leaving a paper trail confirming it has nothing to do with the individual employee's performance seems like a recipe for a lot of expensive litigation</p><p><a href="https://wapo.st/4b5IDHh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/4b5IDHh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a></p>
Servelan<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a></p><p>Opinion | **DOGE is unconstitutional. Here’s why. ** - The Washington Post</p><p><a href="https://wapo.st/4gJnOT6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/4gJnOT6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nina Bernstein<p>«&nbsp;Lillian Bacon, 25, a college student majoring in political science, said, “I’m here today to fight for democracy and fight for the liberty and dignity of all people.”<br>It was her first time participating in a public protest. She said she had become furious and disappointed with Mr. Trump, Mr. Musk and Republican leader .&nbsp;» <a href="https://journa.host/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/NotMyPresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotMyPresident</span></a>’sDay <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/trump-musk-protests-50501-presidents-day.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.tG-e.UWjWRCoH_X6G&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-musk-protests-50501-presidents-day.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.tG-e.UWjWRCoH_X6G&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Katrin Rönicke<p>Die US-Regierung unter Trump wird also versuchen alles zu organisieren, wofür Putin 2022 den vollständigen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine gestartet hat. Ist das soweit die korrekte Zusammenfassung der Ereignisse am WE / bei der <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSC</span></a>?<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/giftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>giftLink</span></a></p><p><a href="https://econ.st/3EGEmxS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">econ.st/3EGEmxS</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Amy Maybe<p>So will this be a bridge too far for any Republicans? (Probably not.) <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://wapo.st/3QizwcN" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/3QizwcN</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Gregor Kalinkat<p>Harold Varmus: "I Used to Run the N.I.H. Here’s What Worries Me"</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/opinion/trump-public-health-funding-nih.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU4.4iNC.LDCViq6VUELK&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/14/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-public-health-funding-nih.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU4.4iNC.LDCViq6VUELK&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p><p><a href="https://det.social/tags/NYTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYTimes</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/Giftlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Giftlink</span></a> 🔓 <br><a href="https://det.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> 🧪 <br><a href="https://det.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> 🍊</p>
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦<p>“Think of Trump’s second term as a kind of legal Hydra, in which the defenders of the Constitution are facing one body with many heads, and those heads are acting in concert…</p><p>“When the role of the presidency is at stake, the American founding is at stake.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/opinion/trump-power-constitution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU4.DeYV.cF5GcVNMEc0y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/06/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-power-constitution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU4.DeYV.cF5GcVNMEc0y</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/giftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>giftLink</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/constitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitutionalCrisis</span></a></p>
Servelan<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a></p><p>**Opinion | This Is What the Courts Can Do if Trump Defies Them** - The New York Times</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/opinion/what-if-trump-defies-courts.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/16/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/what-if-trump-defies-courts.html</span></a></p>
Servelan<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a></p><p>Opinion | Susan Collins and Her Cowardly Caucus Bow Down to Trump - The New York Times</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/opinion/kennedy-trump-senate-republicans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU4.MjyK.GXkAr59CyPqw&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/13/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/kennedy-trump-senate-republicans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU4.MjyK.GXkAr59CyPqw&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Reed Mideke<p>Seems like the documents WaPo details here will be relevant to lawsuits related to DOGE. While it's been obvious to anyone paying attention that it's an ideological purge rather than some evidence based effort to improve efficiency, they appear to have gone and actually written that down. Of course, they'll argue that DEI is inherently wasteful so they're just executing DOGE's mandate</p><p><a href="https://wapo.st/4jVWqEd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/4jVWqEd</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Before modern civil service, "whoever won the presidency always got to fire everyone &amp; appoint his own people... Much of the world still relies on such <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/patronage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patronage</span></a> systems, &amp; they are both <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corrupt</span></a> &amp; corrupting. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politicians</span></a> hand out job appointments in exchange for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bribes</span></a>... Patronage creates bad <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> &amp; bad services, because it means govt employees serve a patron, not a country or its constitution."<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK31RSmXtcM-PiWNw1o3vgGUs&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK31RSmXtcM-PiWNw1o3vgGUs&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦<p>“There are few things more symbolic of the decline of the Republican Party than this radical turn against humanitarian aid. And it’s not just a turn within the Republican Party; it’s a turn within the evangelical church.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/giftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>giftLink</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/opinion/trump-usaid-evangelicals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE4.ChTJ.-_A2wMr6u-Yd&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/13/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-usaid-evangelicals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE4.ChTJ.-_A2wMr6u-Yd&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦<p>“Cutting government personnel by one-fourth would reduce federal spending by about 1 percent.”</p><p>Efficiency? Nope. Cruelty for cruelty’s sake. </p><p>Reminder: there is a required legal process to fire civil service employees, even those with less than two years. It ain’t being followed. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/giftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>giftLink</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wapo.st/413b5F0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/413b5F0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Cameron MacLeod<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@acoyne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>acoyne</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/3ea4966050c35ffba89ed214e147a72950752d76f39de03e133b057e2cf29dd4/BHE4NBMOIFAWDAHHUNK5GNAYAY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobeandmail.com/gift/3ea49</span><span class="invisible">66050c35ffba89ed214e147a72950752d76f39de03e133b057e2cf29dd4/BHE4NBMOIFAWDAHHUNK5GNAYAY</span></a></p>
J.L.1285 :cangoose:<p>“It is not just that the democratic world can no longer count on America. It is that America, under Mr. Trump, is no longer necessarily part of the democratic world…” <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/55fbe72bf0b34ca2ce529bbe946488c492e666379f55ce704dbaf469757eb254/BHE4NBMOIFAWDAHHUNK5GNAYAY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobeandmail.com/gift/55fbe</span><span class="invisible">72bf0b34ca2ce529bbe946488c492e666379f55ce704dbaf469757eb254/BHE4NBMOIFAWDAHHUNK5GNAYAY</span></a></p>
Servelan<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a></p><p>Opinion | Trump Dares the Courts to Stop Him - The New York Times</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/opinion/trump-constitutional-crisis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w04.GnO-.bQwSCBKz1HRO&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/13/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-constitutional-crisis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w04.GnO-.bQwSCBKz1HRO&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Servelan<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a></p><p>Opinion | Behold the Strange Spectacle of Christians Against Empathy - The New York Times</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/opinion/trump-usaid-evangelicals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk4.o--H.e1-aVmcW6RQU&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/13/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-usaid-evangelicals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk4.o--H.e1-aVmcW6RQU&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
cpep<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@davetroy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davetroy</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/politics/kash-patel-fbi-senate-judiciary-confirmation-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk4.uUBi.adnYUa7Q4uzu&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/kash-patel-fbi-senate-judiciary-confirmation-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk4.uUBi.adnYUa7Q4uzu&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>